2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	4nd Central
Conference	13th Western
2009–10 record	14-15-7
Home record	8-6-4
Road record	6-9-3
Goals for	103
Goals against	126
Team information
General Manager	Scott Howson
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Rick Nash
Alternate captains	Mike Commodore Rostislav Klesla Fredrik Modin R. J. Umberger Antoine Vermette
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	14,641
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Nash (18)
Assists	Rick Nash Antoine Vermette (17)
Points	Rick Nash (35)
Penalties in minutes	Jared Boll (74)
Plus/minus	Derek MacKenzie (+4)
Wins	Steve Mason (10)
Goals against average	Mathieu Garon (2.77)
<2008–09

The 2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 10th National Hockey League (NHL) season in Columbus, Ohio.

[edit] Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Columbus Blue Jackets	4 - 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Lacosta	15,766	0-0-1
2	September 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	0 - 2	Minnesota Wild		Mason	18,064	0-1-1
3	September 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 - 3	Nashville Predators		Lacosta	10,703	0-2-1
4	September 21	Minnesota Wild	1 - 5	Columbus Blue Jackets		Mason	10,056	1-2-1
5	September 22	Boston Bruins	5 - 6	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Garon	10,571	2-2-1
6	September 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 - 5	Columbus Blue Jackets		Mason	12,638	3-2-1
7	September 26	Columbus Blue Jackets	4 - 2	Boston Bruins		Garon	16,711	4-2-1
8	September 27	Nashville Predators	4 - 2	Columbus Blue Jackets		Mason	13,761	4-3-1

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Divisional standings

	Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Chicago Blackhawks	32	21	8	3	95	67	45
2	Nashville Predators	34	20	11	3	95	95	43
3	Detroit Red Wings	33	17	11	5	92	89	39
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	34	14	14	6	100	119	34
5	St. Louis Blues	32	14	13	5	78	88	33

After games of December 16, 2009.^[1]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

[edit] Conference standings

	Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Chicago Blackhawks	33	22	8	3	100	71	47
2	San Jose Sharks	35	20	8	7	115	93	47
3	Calgary Flames	34	20	10	4	98	82	44
4	Los Angeles Kings	37	22	12	3	111	108	47
5	Nashville Predators	35	21	11	3	101	98	45
6	Phoenix Coyotes	35	21	12	2	89	79	44
7	Colorado Avalanche	36	19	11	6	104	105	44
8	Detroit Red Wings	34	18	11	5	95	89	41
9	Vancouver Canucks	35	20	15	0	109	90	40
10	Dallas Stars	34	14	9	11	101	105	39
11	Minnesota Wild	34	17	14	3	89	95	37
12	Columbus Blue Jackets	35	14	14	7	101	121	35
13	Edmonton Oilers	34	15	15	4	103	109	34
14	St. Louis Blues	33	14	14	5	81	94	33
15	Anaheim Ducks	34	13	14	7	95	109	33

After games of December 18, 2009.^[2]

[edit] Game log

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• Silver background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2009–10 Game Log
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 3 Minnesota Wild 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 18,159 1-0-0 2 2 October 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 - 3 Vancouver Canucks Mason 18,810 2-0-0 4 3 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 6 San Jose Sharks Mason 17,562 2-1-0 4 4 October 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 0 Phoenix Coyotes Garon 17,532 3-1-0 6 5 October 13 Calgary Flames 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,280 4-1-0 8 6 October 17 Los Angeles Kings 1 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,251 5-1-0 10 7 October 20 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 6 Calgary Flames Mason 19,289 5-2-0 10 8 October 22 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 6 Edmonton Oilers Garon 16,839 5-3-0 10 9 October 24 Columbus Blue Jackets 6 - 4 Anaheim Ducks Mason 14,468 6-3-0 12 10 October 25 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 6 Los Angeles Kings Mason 15,820 6-4-0 12 11 October 28 Phoenix Coyotes 4 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,184 6-5-0 12 12 October 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 19,136 6-5-1 13
November: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 - 4 Washington Capitals OT Mason 18,277 7-5-1 15 14 November 4 San Jose Sharks 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 13,401 7-5-2 16 15 November 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 3 Atlanta Thrashers Garon 10,878 8-5-2 18 16 November 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,850 9-5-2 20 17 November 11 Detroit Red Wings 9 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,304 9-6-2 20 18 November 13 Anaheim Ducks 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 15,577 10-6-2 22 19 November 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 13,030 11-6-2 24 20 November 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 1 Dallas Stars Mason 16,155 12-6-2 26 21 November 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Mason 13,790 12-6-3 27 22 November 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 7 New York Rangers Garon 18,200 12-7-3 27 23 November 24 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 5 Montreal Canadiens Garon 21,273 12-8-3 27 24 November 26 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 Ottawa Senators Mason 19,244 12-9-3 27 25 November 28 Calgary Flames 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 17,772 12-9-4 28 26 November 30 St. Louis Blues 2 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,391 13-9-4 30
December: 1–6–3 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 0–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 27 December 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Mason 20,363 13-9-5 31 28 December 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 6 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,825 13-10-5 31 29 December 5 Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,909 13-11-5 31 30 December 9 Florida Panthers 0 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,800 14-11-5 33 31 December 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Garon 14,601 14-11-6 34 32 December 12 Anaheim Ducks 3 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,461 14-12-6 34 33 December 14 Nashville Predators 5 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,856 14-13-6 34 34 December 15 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 Minnesota Wild Mason 18,086 14-14-6 34 35 December 17 Phoenix Coyotes 2 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 13,363 14-14-7 35 36 December 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 5 Colorado Avalanche Mason 11,782 14-15-7 35 37 December 21 Columbus Blue Jackets Phoenix Coyotes 38 December 23 Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars 39 December 26 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings 40 December 28 Detroit Red Wings Columbus Blue Jackets 41 December 29 Columbus Blue Jackets New York Islanders 42 December 31 Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 43 January 2 Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets 44 January 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Vancouver Canucks 45 January 7 Columbus Blue Jackets Edmonton Oilers 46 January 8 Columbus Blue Jackets Calgary Flames 47 January 10 Dallas Stars Columbus Blue Jackets 48 January 12 Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars 49 January 14 Columbus Blue Jackets Chicago Blackhawks 50 January 16 Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets 51 January 18 St. Louis Blues Columbus Blue Jackets 52 January 19 Columbus Blue Jackets Philadelphia Flyers 53 January 21 Columbus Blue Jackets Boston Bruins 54 January 23 Columbus Blue Jackets Edmonton Oilers 55 January 26 Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets 56 January 28 Los Angeles Kings Columbus Blue Jackets 57 January 30 Columbus Blue Jackets St. Louis Blues
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 58 February 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado Avalanche 59 February 4 Dallas Stars Columbus Blue Jackets 60 February 6 Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets 61 February 10 San Jose Sharks Columbus Blue Jackets 62 February 12 Vancouver Canucks Columbus Blue Jackets 63 February 14 Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 64 March 2 Vancouver Canucks Columbus Blue Jackets 65 March 6 Columbus Blue Jackets San Jose Sharks 66 March 8 Columbus Blue Jackets Los Angeles Kings 67 March 9 Columbus Blue Jackets Anaheim Ducks 68 March 11 Atlanta Thrashers Columbus Blue Jackets 69 March 13 St. Louis Blues Columbus Blue Jackets 70 March 15 Edmonton Oilers Columbus Blue Jackets 71 March 19 Minnesota Wild Columbus Blue Jackets 72 March 20 Columbus Blue Jackets Nashville Predators 73 March 23 Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils 74 March 25 Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets 75 March 27 New York Islanders Columbus Blue Jackets 76 March 28 Columbus Blue Jackets Chicago Blackhawks 77 March 30 Tampa Bay Lightning Columbus Blue Jackets
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 78 April 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings 79 April 3 Washington Capitals Columbus Blue Jackets 80 April 5 Columbus Blue Jackets St. Louis Blues 81 April 7 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings 82 April 9 Detroit Red Wings Columbus Blue Jackets

[edit] Playoffs

The Columbus Blue Jackets will attempt to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nash, RickRick Nash 36 18 17 35 -11 24 Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette 36 9 17 26 -3 14 Umberger, R.J.R.J. Umberger 36 12 14 26 -12 15 Huselius, KristianKristian Huselius 32 11 14 25 -6 22 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 36 8 13 21 -7 8 Stralman, AntonAnton Stralman 33 4 14 18 -6 16 Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard 35 4 14 18 -12 18 Chimera, JasonJason Chimera 36 8 9 17 -7 39 Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin 36 1 16 17 -9 16 Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres 33 10 6 16 -6 14 Russell, KrisKris Russell 28 3 7 10 -5 17 Klesla, RostislavRostislav Klesla 26 2 6 8 -7 26 Pahlsson, SammySammy Pahlsson 33 2 6 8 0 12 Commodore, MikeMike Commodore 24 0 6 6 -5 23 Hejda, JanJan Hejda 28 1 4 5 -3 14 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 21 1 3 4 +2 60 MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie 16 1 3 4 +4 0 Methot, MarcMarc Methot 29 1 3 4 -8 18 Roy, MathieuMathieu Roy 12 0 4 4 0 0 Boll, JaredJared Boll 31 3 1 4 +3 74 Filatov, NikitaNikita Filatov 13 2 0 2 0 8 Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin 5 0 1 1 -2 2 Murray, AndrewAndrew Murray 13 0 1 1 -2 2 Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sestito, TomTom Sestito 1 0 0 0 0 5 Blunden, MichaelMichael Blunden 18 0 0 0 +1 24

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Mason, SteveSteve Mason 28 1548 10 12 5 88 3.41 779 .887 1 0 2 2 Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon 14 650 4 3 2 30 2.77 326 .908 1 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

[edit] Records

Player

Record

Number

Reached

[edit] Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Rick Nash	200th NHL Goal	October 24, 2009

[edit] Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

[edit] Trades Date Details June 26, 2009[3] To New York Islanders 1st-round pick (#16 overall) in 2009 3rd-round pick (#77 overall) in 2009 To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick (#26 overall) in 2009 2nd-round pick (#37 overall) in 2009 3rd-round pick (#62 overall) in 2009 4th round pick (#92 overall) in 2009 June 26, 2009 To Anaheim Ducks 1st-round pick (#26 overall) in 2009 2nd-round pick (#37 overall) in 2009 To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick (#21 overall) in 2009 June 27, 2009 To New York Islanders 3rd-round pick (#62 overall) in 2009 4th-round pick (#92 overall) in 2009 To Columbus Blue Jackets 2nd-round pick (#56 overall) in 2009 September 28, 2009[4] To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2010 To Columbus Blue Jackets Anton Stralman October 8, 2009[5] To Atlanta Thrashers Future Considerations To Columbus Blue Jackets Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman October 20, 2009[6] To Philadelphia Flyers Stefan Legein To Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Ratchuk December 8, 2009[7] To St. Louis Blues Pascal Pelletier To Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Bell Tomas Kana

[edit] Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Samuel Pahlsson[8] Chicago Blackhawks 3 years, $7.95 million Mathieu Garon[9] Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years, $2.4 million Pascal Pelletier[10] Chicago Blackhawks 1 year, 2-way contract Mathieu Roy[11] Springfield Falcons 1 year, 2-way contract David Liffiton[12] EfB Ishockey 2-way contract Dylan Reese[13] San Antonio Rampage 2-way contract [edit] Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Aaron Rome[14] Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $550,000 Wade Dubielewicz[15] Minnesota Wild undisclosed Ole-Kristian Tollefsen[16] Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $600,000 Jason Williams[17] Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $1.5 million Craig MacDonald[18] DEG Metro Stars undisclosed Mike York[19] Rochester Americans 1 year Manny Malhotra[20] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $700,000 [edit] Lost via Waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers [edit] Players re-signed Player Contract terms Brent Regner[21] 3 year entry level contract Trevor Frischmon[22] 1 year, 2-way contract Rick Nash[23] 8 years, $62.4 million extension Jonathan Sigalet[24] 2 year, 2-way contract Mike Blunden[25] 1 year, 2-way contract John Moore[26] 3 year entry level contract Marc Methot[27] 2 years Dan LaCosta[28] 1 year, 2-way contract Derick Brassard[29] 4 years, $13 million extension Alexandre Picard[30] 1 year Derek Dorsett[31] 2 year contract extension Antoine Vermette[32] 5 year, $18.75 million contract extension

[edit] Draft picks

Columbus had six picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21 (from Philadelphia via Anaheim)	John Moore	(D)	United States	Chicago Steel (United States Hockey League)
2	56 (from Boston via NY Islanders)	Kevin Lynch	(C)	United States	U.S. National U18 Team (National Team Development Program)
4	94 (from Colorado)	David Savard	(D)	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
5	137	Thomas Larkin	(D)	Italy	(Exeter High) (United States High School)
6	167	Anton Blomqvist	(D)	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (J20 SuperElit)
7	197	Kyle Neuber	(RW)	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)

[edit] Roster

Updated December 14, 2009.^[33]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
12	Canada 	Blunden, MichaelMichael Blunden	7.0 RW	R	23	2009	Toronto, Ontario
40	United States 	Boll, JaredJared Boll	7.0 RW	R	23	2005	Charlotte, North Carolina
16	Canada 	Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard	4.0 C	L	22	2006	Hull, Quebec
25	Canada 	Chimera, JasonJason Chimera	6.0 LW	L	30	2005	Edmonton, Alberta
22	Canada 	Commodore, MikeMike Commodore (A)	2.0 D	R	30	2008	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
15	Canada 	Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	7.0 RW	R	23	2006	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
32	Canada 	Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	1.0 G	R	31	2009	Chandler, Quebec
8	Czech Republic 	Hejda, JanJan Hejda	2.0 D	L	31	2007	Prague, Czechoslovakia
20	Sweden 	Huselius, KristianKristian Huselius	6.0 LW	L	31	2008	Österhaninge, Sweden
97	Czech Republic 	Klesla, RostislavRostislav Klesla (A)	2.0 D	L	27	2000	Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia
1	Canada 	Mason, SteveSteve Mason	1.0 G	R	21	2006	Oakville, Ontario
3	Canada 	Methot, MarcMarc Methot	2.0 D	L	24	2003	Ottawa, Ontario
33	Sweden 	Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin (A)	6.0 LW	L	35	2006	Sundsvall, Sweden
17	Canada 	Murray, AndrewAndrew Murray	4.0 C	L	28	2001	Selkirk, Manitoba
61	Canada 	Nash, RickRick Nash (C)	6.0 LW	L	25	2002	Brampton, Ontario
26	Sweden 	Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson	4.0 C	L	32	2009	Ånge, Sweden
21	Canada 	Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard	6.0 LW	L	24	2004	Les Saules, Quebec
10	Canada 	Russell, KrisKris Russell	2.0 D	L	22	2005	Red Deer, Alberta
6	Sweden 	Stralman, AntonAnton Stralman	2.0 D	R	23	2009	Tibro, Sweden
14	Canada 	Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres	6.0 LW	L	28	2008	Toronto, Ontario
51	Russia 	Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	2.0 D	L	26	2008	Izhevsk, Soviet Union
18	United States 	Umberger, R. J.R. J. Umberger (A)	4.0 C	L	27	2008	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
50	Canada 	Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette (A)	4.0 C	L	27	2009	St-Agapit, Quebec
93	Czech Republic 	Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	7.0 RW	L	20	2007	Kladno, Czechoslovakia

[edit] See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

[edit] Farm teams

The American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch and the East Coast Hockey League's Gwinnett Gladiators are the Blue Jackets' minor league affiliates for the 2009–10 season.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets season at Hockey Reference

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